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Gschneidner to National Academy of Engineering

ISU Distinguished Professor Karl A. Gschneidner Jr. has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. The materials science professor and senior scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory was cited for contributions to the science and technology of rare-earth materials. He is among 64 members and 9 foreign associates elected to the academy this year.

New director named for Veterinary Teaching Hospital

Dr. Sally Brown Prickett has been named director of the Dr. W. Eugene
and Linda Lloyd Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Iowa State. Prickett,
who started Feb. 1, manages the clinical services, biosecurity and
business operations of the hospital, which has a staff of more than 110
and treats approximately 18,500 cases annually.

ISU's College of Design can move forward on building addition,
says Board of Regents

'Home Ground' creative writing symposium is Feb. 18-20

The third annual free public Symposium on Wildness will be held
at ISU Sunday-Tuesday, Feb. 18-20. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program, it will feature workshops,
panel discussions, concerts and readings centering around "Home Ground:
Language for an American Landscape."

Top-ranked fans

Cyclone fans continue to keep Iowa State women's basketball among the
elite in home game attendance. The Hilton crowd currently sits seventh
in national rankings, with an average attendance of more than 8,500
fans per game, according to statistics compiled by the University of
Wisconsin. Cyclones have ranked among the top 10 in this category
for the past eight years.

College of Business to host Big 12 North MBA Team Case
Competition

Iowa State's College of Business hosts a preliminary
round of the inaugural Big 12 MBA Case Competition on Friday-Saturday, Feb.
16-17.

Book chronicles life and times of Iowa State

Lt. Gov. Patty Judge visits Iowa State labs

Hans van Leeuwen, a professor of civil, construction and
environmental engineering, shows Iowa Lt. Gov. Patty Judge how his research
team is growing fungus in a co-product of ethanol production to make more
valuable products.

In the news

Parade of presidential candidates, national media has
begun

Public Broadcasting System

An interview with University Professor of Political Science Steffen Schmidt and footage from a
rally on Saturday with members of the ISU student organization, "Students
for Barack Obama," will be featured on Monday, Feb. 12, on "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." The show airs daily at 5:30 p.m. on
Iowa Public Television stations.